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news featuring sports! 5 hVHafttvi ' "H " 7 -JULI 113 MM J out Find out what your dreams mean in this week's features section, pages 8 & 9. Women's tennis hosts this week's Big Sky Regionals, page 12. ..-g y surveys abou I student housing, page 3. '-y Volume 63 Issue 61 Wednesday, April 11, 2001 """" 's "" ' 4H 1 fJ j ET" J TO I E Signpost w B R T A E U N I V R I T Y By Lisa Roskelley editor in chief The Signpost A call to arms has been sent out to all students available April 19. The Weber State University Capital Campaign is going public, and 500 students are needed to participate in the Gala festivities held that night at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center. "If this can be pulled off, the students will be the winning touch," said Tyler Holt, alumni program administrator. "By the time the night is over, they'll have been a part of Weber's history." Holt anticipates this will be one of the biggest events WSU has ever held. The goal of the Development Office, the organization over the Capital Campaign, is to involve students in the attempt to raise $75 million. Abouf 500 guests are expected to attend the kickoff for the campaign and coordinators want a. student there for each guest. "We hope to have 500 guests - we wanted to have one student for each guest," Margie Esquibel, development director, said. "The donors are such an important part, the students are just as important, so we'd like to match them up; it's a natural matchup." Only about 100 students have signed up to be involved, leaving 400 spots to be filled by the Friday RSVP date. In an attempt to get more students, the Development Office has contacted groups in the Association Registered Organizations and classes. However, they have found many conflicting schedules since they require such a large time block of the students' day. The Residence Halls are having a block party from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m., excluding those individuals from involvment. But some groups have tried to drum up involvement, the Greeks are going to have a contest among the fraternities and sororities to see which can get the biggest percentage of their group there. Also members of the student government are also expected to participate. Students are needed from 2 p.m until about 9:30 p.m. and will be bused to and from the center from the Dee Events Center since there is little parking near the Eccles building on Washington Boulevard. While they know the time commitment is big, coordinators are hoping students want to be involved in the campaign. Plus there will be food, entertainment and socializing, a perfect break fromend-of-the-semester cramming. But, they have planned for those students unable nfrastructure money slips through cracks State facilities could go into complete failure before receiving funds By Pamela Camp staff writer The Signpost ( f'T 'k H' r I i U" Most people at Weber State University know many of our campus sidewalks need to be replaced or repaired. For more than a decade WSU officials have assessed conditions, documented damage and requested State of Utah Capital Improvements funding for the project. Unfortunately, sidewalk maintenance has been deferred because funding went to higher priority projects. Larger infrastructure issues exist in the tunnels running beneath campus surfaces. WSU Director of Facilities Management Mike Perez listed a "few" projects prioritized ahead of sidewalks, which include: utility tunnel repair to steam lines and pipe racks campus wide (multiple phase), galvanized piping replacement in numerous buildings (multiple phase), new air handling system for the Social Science Building, new piping and filtration system for Swenson Pool, electric service grounding in numerous buildings on campus, major mechanical upgrades and replacement for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and roofing and paving campus-wide. In 2001 statewide requests for State of Utah Capital Improvements funding totaled $110 mil- - y ' - . J-t r- it t i , I ...... (( . - , Xr ,- I. ',: t t V It. Students walk on the side of the flooded sidewalk on the East side of the Shepherd Union Building. The sidewalks around the building are often flooded after rainstorms because of slopes and cracks in the concrete. Other areas of campus have similar problems. lion, but only $45 million was granted. WSU received $2 million to $3 million. A statement from Gov. Mike Leavitt office's said this was a record amount of funding and repair. This year 1 . 1 percent of the state budget was dedicated to infrastructure capital improvements, an increase from the 0.9 percent awarded last year. Audit findings of the condition of about 42,000 state buildings must be considered in the disbursement of these funds. If this disparity continues, state facilities could go into complete failure long before receiving funds necessary for repairs. Results of deferring infrastruc ture maintenance is similar to vehicle maintenance; you wait long enough to change the oil in your car you will end up replacing the entire engine. "Buildings are not disposable," said Jeff Rcddoor, statewide preventative maintenance coordinator for the Department of Facilities Construction Management. "With the increasing costs of new construction, we can't afford to let facilities go into failure. It would be too expensive to replace them." The logo, "DFCM Providing Solutions" decorates Reddoor's black polo-shirt. It is hoped that more state funding for infrastruc ture repair will be available soon. For the past four years the Department of Transportation has received the lion's share of the budget. Receiving adequate funding for infrastructure repair will remain a problem for WSU and all other state facilities in Utah until the 1-15 project is competed.We all appreciate the state taking necessary steps to maintain safe roads to drive to campus on, but we would also appreciate safe sidewalks for walking on campus. see Infrastructure page 6 see 500 page 10 Former presidential candidate to speak at WSU By Amy Lundell news writer The Signpost Former Republican Party presidential candidate Alan Keyes will be the Convocation speaker at Weber State University Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom. Originally scheduled to speak in February, Keyes was supposed to be the capstone of the African-American emphasis week for Black History Month. He couldn't come because of problems with his flight. He will speak on the foundations of our freedom: getting past our differences to achieve our goals. "He is an excellent role model for achieving goals," said Geneva Foster, coordinator of the WSU Diversity Center and Student Programs."He is a conservative republican, and demonstrates that regardless of skin color we are all more similar than we think." Keyes, who carried 21 percent of the republican primary vote in Utah in 2000. has also been twice nominated for the United States Senate in Maryland. He was United States Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and So- see Former page 10

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news featuring sports! 5 hVHafttvi ' "H " 7 -JULI 113 MM J out Find out what your dreams mean in this week's features section, pages 8 & 9. Women's tennis hosts this week's Big Sky Regionals, page 12. ..-g y surveys abou I student housing, page 3. '-y Volume 63 Issue 61 Wednesday, April 11, 2001 """" 's "" ' 4H 1 fJ j ET" J TO I E Signpost w B R T A E U N I V R I T Y By Lisa Roskelley editor in chief The Signpost A call to arms has been sent out to all students available April 19. The Weber State University Capital Campaign is going public, and 500 students are needed to participate in the Gala festivities held that night at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center. "If this can be pulled off, the students will be the winning touch," said Tyler Holt, alumni program administrator. "By the time the night is over, they'll have been a part of Weber's history." Holt anticipates this will be one of the biggest events WSU has ever held. The goal of the Development Office, the organization over the Capital Campaign, is to involve students in the attempt to raise $75 million. Abouf 500 guests are expected to attend the kickoff for the campaign and coordinators want a. student there for each guest. "We hope to have 500 guests - we wanted to have one student for each guest," Margie Esquibel, development director, said. "The donors are such an important part, the students are just as important, so we'd like to match them up; it's a natural matchup." Only about 100 students have signed up to be involved, leaving 400 spots to be filled by the Friday RSVP date. In an attempt to get more students, the Development Office has contacted groups in the Association Registered Organizations and classes. However, they have found many conflicting schedules since they require such a large time block of the students' day. The Residence Halls are having a block party from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m., excluding those individuals from involvment. But some groups have tried to drum up involvement, the Greeks are going to have a contest among the fraternities and sororities to see which can get the biggest percentage of their group there. Also members of the student government are also expected to participate. Students are needed from 2 p.m until about 9:30 p.m. and will be bused to and from the center from the Dee Events Center since there is little parking near the Eccles building on Washington Boulevard. While they know the time commitment is big, coordinators are hoping students want to be involved in the campaign. Plus there will be food, entertainment and socializing, a perfect break fromend-of-the-semester cramming. But, they have planned for those students unable nfrastructure money slips through cracks State facilities could go into complete failure before receiving funds By Pamela Camp staff writer The Signpost ( f'T 'k H' r I i U" Most people at Weber State University know many of our campus sidewalks need to be replaced or repaired. For more than a decade WSU officials have assessed conditions, documented damage and requested State of Utah Capital Improvements funding for the project. Unfortunately, sidewalk maintenance has been deferred because funding went to higher priority projects. Larger infrastructure issues exist in the tunnels running beneath campus surfaces. WSU Director of Facilities Management Mike Perez listed a "few" projects prioritized ahead of sidewalks, which include: utility tunnel repair to steam lines and pipe racks campus wide (multiple phase), galvanized piping replacement in numerous buildings (multiple phase), new air handling system for the Social Science Building, new piping and filtration system for Swenson Pool, electric service grounding in numerous buildings on campus, major mechanical upgrades and replacement for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and roofing and paving campus-wide. In 2001 statewide requests for State of Utah Capital Improvements funding totaled $110 mil- - y ' - . J-t r- it t i , I ...... (( . - , Xr ,- I. ',: t t V It. Students walk on the side of the flooded sidewalk on the East side of the Shepherd Union Building. The sidewalks around the building are often flooded after rainstorms because of slopes and cracks in the concrete. Other areas of campus have similar problems. lion, but only $45 million was granted. WSU received $2 million to $3 million. A statement from Gov. Mike Leavitt office's said this was a record amount of funding and repair. This year 1 . 1 percent of the state budget was dedicated to infrastructure capital improvements, an increase from the 0.9 percent awarded last year. Audit findings of the condition of about 42,000 state buildings must be considered in the disbursement of these funds. If this disparity continues, state facilities could go into complete failure long before receiving funds necessary for repairs. Results of deferring infrastruc ture maintenance is similar to vehicle maintenance; you wait long enough to change the oil in your car you will end up replacing the entire engine. "Buildings are not disposable," said Jeff Rcddoor, statewide preventative maintenance coordinator for the Department of Facilities Construction Management. "With the increasing costs of new construction, we can't afford to let facilities go into failure. It would be too expensive to replace them." The logo, "DFCM Providing Solutions" decorates Reddoor's black polo-shirt. It is hoped that more state funding for infrastruc ture repair will be available soon. For the past four years the Department of Transportation has received the lion's share of the budget. Receiving adequate funding for infrastructure repair will remain a problem for WSU and all other state facilities in Utah until the 1-15 project is competed.We all appreciate the state taking necessary steps to maintain safe roads to drive to campus on, but we would also appreciate safe sidewalks for walking on campus. see Infrastructure page 6 see 500 page 10 Former presidential candidate to speak at WSU By Amy Lundell news writer The Signpost Former Republican Party presidential candidate Alan Keyes will be the Convocation speaker at Weber State University Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom. Originally scheduled to speak in February, Keyes was supposed to be the capstone of the African-American emphasis week for Black History Month. He couldn't come because of problems with his flight. He will speak on the foundations of our freedom: getting past our differences to achieve our goals. "He is an excellent role model for achieving goals," said Geneva Foster, coordinator of the WSU Diversity Center and Student Programs."He is a conservative republican, and demonstrates that regardless of skin color we are all more similar than we think." Keyes, who carried 21 percent of the republican primary vote in Utah in 2000. has also been twice nominated for the United States Senate in Maryland. He was United States Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and So- see Former page 10